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From award-winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time.

Felix Love has never been in love - and, yes, he's painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it's like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What's worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he's one marginalisation too many - Black, queer and transgender - to ever get his own happily-ever-after.

When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages - after publicly posting Felix's deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned - Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn't count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi-love triangle . . .

But as he navigates his complicated feelings, Felix begins a journey of questioning and self-discovery that helps redefine his most important relationship: how he feels about himself.

Felix Ever After is an honest and layered story about identity, falling in love, and recognising the love you deserve.
'Definitely not a book to be missed.' Buzzfeed
'This book is a gift, from start to finish.' Becky Albertalli, bestselling author of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda
'An intricate love story for the ages.' CNN Underscored
'A firecracker of a book . Teens need this one.' Casey McQuiston, bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue
'Bold, empathetic coming-of-age story.' The Bookseller
'Perfectly balances hardship, hope and happiness.' Nic Stone, bestselling author of Dear Martin
'B oldly empathic, hopeful, and full of love.' Publisher's Weekly
'Beautiful.' justin a. reynolds, author of Opposite of Always
'S mart and engaging.' Horn Book Magazine

©2021 Kacen Callender (P)2021 Faber & Faber
Caribbean Creators Coming of Age LGBTQ+ Literature & Fiction Multicultural Romance LGBTQIA+
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As an older nonbinary person who never had transgender characters in the books I read in my teens, this is like a soothing balm! Really, it’s never too late to read these affirming stories and heal the parts of us that were neglected and unseen in our past.

Never too old for affirming YA fiction

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I just wish I had queer teenage dramas to read as a kid. It melted my little gay heart that we finally have stories like that.
It's not a masterpiece, but it does exactly what it supposed to.

Wish I could've read it earlier

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The story is good but when every second sentence is about how white people ruin the world (the fel white characters are insuffarebale though) and the amin character hátunk his father for reasons I can’t really understand and his reasening for it is nonsensical.
Nice story would have been better if it didn’t make every problem about someone else and if the amin charcter developed at all.
The narration was good though.

Nice story too much whining about everything

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This book helped me finally admit to myself what I always knew - that I'm trans. Thanks to all of the people working on this ab.

helpful representation

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As a cis white gay man, I don’t know much about being white, being trans, or being born female. And yet this book really spoke to me. Not only did I identify strongly with a bunch of characters in the book, I only reflected on some of the errors of my past. Books like this help everyone empathise with people with whom they have little in common and, perhaps, fail to understand. I look forwards to recommending it far and wide.

Brilliant story, and amazing for non-cis white representation

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